Odierno Stepping Down With Barrage of Warnings on Troop Cuts Gen. Ray Odierno warned of the risk to the nation from troop cuts as he prepared to turn over his command as Army chief of...
Carter Says US Military Needs a '21st Century Personnel System' Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said the U.S. military must overcome budget caps, further embrace technology and update its...
Carter Says Military Would Lose $38 Billion with Stopgap Spending Plan Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said Wednesday that projected budget cuts would take a heavy toll on the Air Force.
Study: Increase Some Commissary Prices and Reduce Employee Wages Military commissaries should increase some prices, carry a private-label brand and lower wages, according to a report.
As Boehner Resigns, Pentagon Warns Troops and Employees of Shutdown The Pentagon said troops won't get paid and civilian employees will face massive furloughs in the event of a government...
House Readies Emergency Bill to Continue Paying Troops During Shutdown The house is preparing contingencies to make sure that the troops continue to get paid in the event that negotiations break...
Lawmakers Agree to Boost Tricare Pharmacy Co-Pays in 2016 Defense Bill Lawmakers agreed to increase pharmacy co-pays that largely affect military retirees.
House Passes Defense Bill, Defies Veto Threat from White House The U.S. House of Representatives passed a defense bill for 2016, but failed to garner enough votes to override an Obama veto...
Army Leaders to Base Commanders: Pick Your Own Family Programs Base commanders are being given the freedom to choose which family programs to keep at their base and which to downsize as...
Army Draws up List of Possible Family Programs to Cut Army officials have developed a priority list to identify which programs can be safely downsized or cut at the base level.
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...
